The basics of being - faith
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Have you ever felt divided within yourself—as if your physical existence and spiritual nature were somehow at odds? This fundamental separation creates the void so many of us try to fill through external belief systems, never realizing the answers lie within.
The animal nature in each of us desperately seeks spiritual awakening, while our divine essence craves experience through the physical form. When these aspects become disconnected, both begin wandering through life with increasing desperation. This desperation eventually manifests as complex belief patterns and religious systems designed to fill our emptiness with explanations rather than wisdom. But these systems, rather than healing our division, often deepen it—creating power structures that maintain control by keeping us unconscious of our true divine nature.
Religious institutions throughout history have recognized their authority depends on preventing followers from discovering their innate spiritual capabilities. By transforming natural phenomena into miracles and positioning themselves as intermediaries between humanity and God, they effectively block direct spiritual experience. Fear becomes the primary tool of control, closing the very spiritual gateways these institutions claim to open. Perhaps most tellingly, many religions actively suppress the body and its wisdom, treating physical existence as something to be transcended rather than embraced as our essential spiritual instrument.
Your physical form is not separate from your spirituality—it's the very channel through which you can experience divine knowledge. Your body carries within itself all the answers you seek in churches, temples, and pilgrimages. The heart serves as your gateway to connecting with spiritual realms, offering everything you need if only you would look within rather than without. Join our Spine community as we explore the wisdom that emerges when we honor both the animal and divine within us, reconnecting what should never have been divided.
Chapters
1. The basics of being - faith (00:00:00)
2. Welcome to Conversations with the Universe (00:00:16)
3. The Basics of Being (00:01:02)
4. The Divided Self: Animal and Divine (00:01:17)
5. Religion as Power, Not Connection (00:02:24)
6. Fear as Control, Belief as Ignorance (00:03:48)
7. Your Body: The Gateway to Knowledge (00:04:52)
8. Closing and Community Invitation (00:09:20)
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